Principia Mathematica to *56 (Cambridge Mathematical Library)

Whitehead, Alfred North; Russell, Bertrand

ISBN 10: 0521626064 / ISBN 13: 9780521626064

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002

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9? x 6?, xlvi, 410 pages. The great three-volume Principia Mathematica (CUP 1927) is deservedly the most famous work ever written on the foundations of mathematics. Its aim is to deduce all the fundamental propositions of logic and mathematics from a small number of logical premises and primitive ideas, establishing that mathematics is a development of logic. This abridged text of Volume I contains the material that is most relevant to an introductory study of logic and the philosophy of mathematics (more advanced students will of course wish to refer to the complete edition). It contains the whole of the preliminary sections (which present the authors' justification of the philosophical standpoint adopted at the outset of their work); the whole of Part I (in which the logical properties of propositions, propositional functions, classes and relations are established); section A of Part II (dealing with unit classes and couples); and Appendices A and C (which give further developments of the argument on the theory of deduction and truth functions). Soft covers, inscription to previous owner on half-title, otherwise a near fine copy. Codice articolo 007602

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Titolo: Principia Mathematica to *56 (Cambridge ...

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Data di pubblicazione: 2002

Legatura: Soft cover

Condizione: Near Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

Edizione: 2nd Edition

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An abridged text of Principia Mathematica, suitable for an introductory study of logic.

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This abridged text of the great three-volume Principia Mathematica, deservedly the most famous work ever written on the foundations of mathematics, contains the material that is most relevant to an introductory study of logic and the philosophy of mathematics.